> > Until an open collaboration of developers achieves > the same > > documented process as industry or formal membership > based bodies > > (ECMA, IEEE) or national (ANSI) or international > standards bodies (ISO), > > _and_ there is a commitment to developing their > "standards" in such a way that > > they are more or less platform neutral (which > ultimately requires > > multi-platform development, i.e. participation of > competing interests), I > > don't see how a group of developers can constitute > any sort of a standard; > > at most, the product of their work will become the > winner of an informal > > popularity contest. > > IETF?
I thought about that, but wasn't quite sure how to describe it, or even whether or not it quite captured what I was trying to describe (although if not, it's closer than anything else to a relatively open version of it). And I know very little about how their process actually works. I have no problem with regarding standards-track RFCs as broad-based standards; they may not always correspond to an ISO standard, but it would be hard to argue the usefulness of their broad acceptance. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
